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Seats can be included in an OrderCreate (with or without payment), and held (on hold) with the flights until the PaymentTimeLimit (applicable to the seats) expires, which may be more restrictive than the PaymentTimeLimit for the flights.

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For more information on Iberia Seating product, please see our Early Seat Booking page.

SeatAvailabilityRQ Message

The SeatAvailabilityRQ can be made in the pre-sale flow, before creating the Order with the payment, simply referencing the OfferID in the previous OfferPriceRS, or in the Servicing flow having already booked and paid for the flights, as per the following example:

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Code Block
<Order>
	<Offer OfferID="IB534dba9c3b8143e19cd453929c4f1720OC" Owner="IB" ResponseID="Qm9va2luZ0AxNjg5NzU4NjgwNjM2LUl6eHNQ">
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="IB534dba9c3b8143e19cd453929c4f1720OC_01">
			<PassengerRefs>ADULT_01 ADULT_02</PassengerRefs>
		</OfferItem>
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="IB534dba9c3b8143e19cd453929c4f1720OC_02">
			<PassengerRefs>CHILD_01</PassengerRefs>
		</OfferItem>
	</Offer>
	<Offer OfferID="ALACARTE_SEAT_IBf5c8f5977271478498c998eebe68ea26" Owner="IB" ResponseID="Qm9va2luZ0AxNjg5NzU4NjgwNjM2LUl6eHNQ">
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="ALACARTE_SEAT_IBf5c8f5977271478498c998eebe68ea26_01">
			<PassengerRefs>ADULT_01</PassengerRefs>
			<ALaCarteSelection>
				<Quantity>1</Quantity>
				<SegmentID>IB300220240215</SegmentID>
			</ALaCarteSelection>
			<SeatSelection>
				<Row>1</Row>
				<Column>C</Column>
			</SeatSelection>
		</OfferItem>
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="ALACARTE_SEAT_IBf5c8f5977271478498c998eebe68ea26_01">
			<PassengerRefs>ADULT_02</PassengerRefs>
			<ALaCarteSelection>
				<Quantity>1</Quantity>
				<SegmentID>IB300220240215</SegmentID>
			</ALaCarteSelection>
			<SeatSelection>
				<Row>3</Row>
				<Column>D</Column>
			</SeatSelection>
		</OfferItem>
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="ALACARTE_SEAT_IBf5c8f5977271478498c998eebe68ea26_04">
			<PassengerRefs>CHILD_01</PassengerRefs>
			<ALaCarteSelection>
				<Quantity>1</Quantity>
				<SegmentID>IB300220240215</SegmentID>
			</ALaCarteSelection>
			<SeatSelection>
				<Row>5</Row>
				<Column>A</Column>
			</SeatSelection>
		</OfferItem>
	</Offer>
</Order>

 

SeatAvailabilityRS Message

The SeatAvailabilityRS contains the OfferItems with the price for the referenced passengers and flight segment.

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Please note the TimeLimits section that contains the PaymentTimeLimit for any seats booked (on hold). Remember this is independent for the PaymentTimeLimit for the flights. If there is no PaymentTimeLimit for any ALaCarteOfferItem then all of the OfferItems in the Order must be paid for at time of reservation (instant purchase).

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Code Block
<Row>
	<Number>2</Number>
	<Seat>
		<Column>A</Column>
		<SeatStatus>F</SeatStatus>
		<SeatCharacteristics>
			<Code>Q</Code>
			<Code>O</Code>
			<Code>CH</Code>
			<Code>W</Code>
		</SeatCharacteristics>
		<OfferItemRefs>ALACARTE_SEAT_IB564024384aa349dcb9bfc94258fe1ba5_02</OfferItemRefs>
	</Seat>
	<Seat>
		<Column>C</Column>
		<SeatStatus>Q</SeatStatus>
		<SeatCharacteristics>
			<Code>8</Code>
			<Code>A</Code>
		</SeatCharacteristics>
	</Seat>
<...>
<Seat>
		<Column>J</Column>
		<SeatStatus>F</SeatStatus>
		<SeatCharacteristics>
			<Code>Q</Code>
			<Code>CH</Code>
			<Code>A</Code>
		</SeatCharacteristics>
		<OfferItemRefs>ALACARTE_SEAT_IB564024384aa349dcb9bfc94258fe1ba5_02</OfferItemRefs>
	</Seat>
	<Seat>
		<Column>L</Column>
		<SeatStatus>Q</SeatStatus>
		<SeatCharacteristics>
			<Code>8</Code>
			<Code>W</Code>
		</SeatCharacteristics>
	</Seat>
</Row>

 

OrderCreateRQ Message

The Ancillaries are included in the OrderCreate using their OfferItemIDs from the previous messages. In this case, two Seats have been booked.

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Code Block
<Order>
	<Offer OfferID="IB534dba9c3b8143e19cd453929c4f1720OC" Owner="IB" ResponseID="Qm9va2luZ0AxNjg5NzU4NjgwNjM2LUl6eHNQ">
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="IB534dba9c3b8143e19cd453929c4f1720OC_01">
			<PassengerRefs>ADULT_01 ADULT_02</PassengerRefs>
		</OfferItem>
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="IB534dba9c3b8143e19cd453929c4f1720OC_02">
			<PassengerRefs>CHILD_01</PassengerRefs>
		</OfferItem>
	</Offer>
	<Offer OfferID="ALACARTE_SEAT_IBf5c8f5977271478498c998eebe68ea26" Owner="IB" ResponseID="Qm9va2luZ0AxNjg5NzU4NjgwNjM2LUl6eHNQ">
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="ALACARTE_SEAT_IBf5c8f5977271478498c998eebe68ea26_01">
			<PassengerRefs>ADULT_01</PassengerRefs>
			<ALaCarteSelection>
				<Quantity>1</Quantity>
				<SegmentID>IB300220240215</SegmentID>
			</ALaCarteSelection>
			<SeatSelection>
				<Row>1</Row>
				<Column>C</Column>
			</SeatSelection>
		</OfferItem>
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="ALACARTE_SEAT_IBf5c8f5977271478498c998eebe68ea26_01">
			<PassengerRefs>ADULT_02</PassengerRefs>
			<ALaCarteSelection>
				<Quantity>1</Quantity>
				<SegmentID>IB300220240215</SegmentID>
			</ALaCarteSelection>
			<SeatSelection>
				<Row>3</Row>
				<Column>D</Column>
			</SeatSelection>
		</OfferItem>
		<OfferItem OfferItemID="ALACARTE_SEAT_IBf5c8f5977271478498c998eebe68ea26_04">
			<PassengerRefs>CHILD_01</PassengerRefs>
			<ALaCarteSelection>
				<Quantity>1</Quantity>
				<SegmentID>IB300220240215</SegmentID>
			</ALaCarteSelection>
			<SeatSelection>
				<Row>5</Row>
				<Column>A</Column>
			</SeatSelection>
		</OfferItem>
	</Offer>
</Order>

OrderViewRS Message

The Ancillaries will then be returned in the OrderViewRS as OrderItems with their prices, and with a PaymentTimeLimit when applicable.

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Code Block
<ServiceDefinitionList>
	<ServiceDefinition ServiceDefinitionID="SEAT">
		<Name>SEAT</Name>
		<Encoding>
			<RFIC>A</RFIC>
			<SubCode>0B5</SubCode>
		</Encoding>
		<Descriptions>
			<Description>
				<Text>SEAT</Text>
			</Description>
		</Descriptions>
		<BookingInstructions>
			<SSRCode>RQST</SSRCode>
			<Method>SSR</Method>
		</BookingInstructions>
	</ServiceDefinition>
</ServiceDefinitionList>

MediaList

Here is where we put URLs that can be used to link to additional information such as rich media and other useful information for the customer.

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